FAQ

I generally try not to schedule work for more than 4 months ahead, so at any given time I have a waiting list of roughly 4 months.

However, including finding the right wording, finding the right time for a Zoom meeting, etc, it may well take 6 months from your initial email until my art is on your skin. Please come with some patience. You may end up needing it.

Of course, we’ll have pretty exact estimations of the waiting list before you commit and you’ll have an exact due date once you pay.

Please keep in mind that I’m not some corporate mass production entity. I love what I do. I draw and paint and write because I deeply believe in my art, and I have my personal principles, tastes and artistic directions as a person and as an artist.

If I feel that a project would go against my convictions or artistic taste, or if it just doesn’t fit into my portfolio right now, I’ll politely refuse it and often explain why.

Each design I create is the expression of my reflection on a specific person’s story. I therefore do not ever resell, redraw, recreate or redo any of my existing work. No exceptions. If you would like to have my art on your skin, please do make the effort to talk to me about your ideas, so I can make sure your design will as well be unique, just yours, and only on your skin.

If asked for, I will often add small and specific changes to my work. Keep in mind these changes will be tweaks, rather than essential changes to the design, and I add changes only if they don’t go against the art. So “hey, could you bend that Lamed up there a bit more to the right?” might be in, but “oh, actually I wanted a Mickey Mouse, created from Genesis 1:23” or any other request for changes in words or general form are out. The same goes for "I don't like this, could you send me something else?". In fact, that last question will quietly and automatically add your name to the Mossad’s hit list.

That’s why both David and I take a lot of time and effort up-front to conceptualise a coherent and valuable project, advise you on the wording and the possibilities of tattoos in general as well as calligraphy tattoos specifically. We will make sure I know exactly what you want before sharpening my pencil, mixing my ink and sitting down to draw. You'll notice.

All works are sent as high resolution [6469px by 6469px] jpgs and often as 3D models and renders of those models. I do not send physical copies of tattoo stencils.

All payments are upfront. No exceptions. I cannot “unsend” works once they’re sent, so I will not send anything before a work is fully paid.

You can pay by PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay or Credit Card, all of them directly via our website, or alternatively by BTC or ETH. We’ll happily split any payment paid with a credit card into 4 equal, monthly, zero interest installments. Unfortunately, we can’t offer to split the payment if you choose PayPal, Venmo or Apple Pay.

All prices are in US Dollars and include all taxes and fees. Any price offer or quote is good for 30 days.

The same goes for your place on my list. If I accepted a project, it means I agreed to create your art at this time. If you didn’t send payment within 30 days, no hard feelings. I will give your place on my list to someone else.

So please don’t email me, saying “hey man I just paid this $25 invoice you sent me when you were 23. When’s the art ready?! I landed an appointment this afternoon!!”.

Nope, I did not just make this up. I do wish I had, though.

As all of my art is commissioned, I price each piece individually. Prices could be anywhere between U$750 and several thousand U$D.

Very generally speaking, those prices reflect the complexity of your artwork. So a roaring lion, created from a whole bible chapter would be pricier than a straight 3 word line.

One thing that has no influence on the price is the size you envision the tattoo to be. It may have an influence on what your tattooist will charge, but not on the price of the art itself, which is easily scalable.

Another factor that has only an indirect influence is the number of letters/words I’ll draw.

Naturally, you don't commit to anything before you pay. The initial consultation with David is free of charge and he will be able to give you a general ballpark of the price within a few emails.

And one more thing: please do not try to bargain. Or, correctly spelled for the relevant audience: המחירים אינם נתונים למשא ומתן! יש?

I am aware of the fact that many artists send drafts for their clients to approve. I don’t.

There is something intimate about any artistic process. Having someone “look over my shoulder” would interfere with that intimacy. Even more so if that someone then inevitably weighs in with well meant suggestions. So I don’t ever send anything that isn’t a work I stand behind, 100%. In other words: the finished artwork. If you would then like to add some minor and specific changes, I’m sometimes open to it.

The show must go on. And in order to keep my show going on, I continuously publish my work on social media, in blogs, in printed media etc.

If it is important enough to you to keep out of anyone’s sight [yepp, I’m looking at you, celebs and wanna-be celebs from LA and Manhattan!], I’m often happy to do so, but will always charge you a 50% fee for it. Actually, make that 200%, if you recently starred in a major Hollywood production or have more than a million followers on any social media platform.

However, if you would like me to not mention your [first] name on social media when publishing your piece, or if you would like to write the post yourself, please let me know. Your privacy is key, so I’m pretty flexible about everything.

I create art. Your tattooer will tattoo it. These are two separate processes. I’m very invested in finding the best possible tattooer for you and after 15 years of doing what I do, I have a looooong list of trusted tattooers in almost every major city in the western world, many working in some of the industry’s leading studios.

However, I am not associated with any of them. In no case and under no circumstance will I receive any kind of payment or commission for my recommendation. So you can be assured that if I recommend someone, the only thing guiding me is the quality of your tattoo. Always. No exceptions.

Obviously, I can’t take responsibility for any tattooer I don’t know or don’t recommend. So the best way to deal with this is to go for a tattooer I trust and have previously worked with, even if that means traveling to the next big city or saving up a few months longer than you initially intended. Guiding you towards your best options is part of what you’re paying me for and I highly recommend you take advantage of the experience I have [i.e.: come on, please do! I really like to see my art tattooed properly. You do see how we’re in the same boat, here, right?]